MBHS PTSA - Mini-Grants

October 13, 2009

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Montgomery Blair High School PTSA
Minigrant Procedures/Dinero para sus proyectos | 2009-10 School Year
Deadline: Friday, November 13, 2009, 5:00 pm

Download - The Minigrant Flyer/Application

Through the Minigrant Program, the PTSA supports projects initiated by staff, students, parents or guardians, and community members.  The PTSA has budgeted $9,000 for minigrants for the 2009-10 school year.  When you apply for a Minigrant, please use the application form.  Due to limited resources, awards may be more competitive this year.

The Minigrants are divided into three groups:

1. Large-Scale Minigrants (up to $500): For projects that will benefit the whole school, a whole grade, or at least 500 students.  Teachers in a given grade might want to decide together whether they’d rather do one large, schoolwide project or a gradewide project.  Specialists (such as P.E., art, and ESOL teachers) are also invited to apply for Large-Scale support.
2. Smaller-Scale Minigrants (up to $200): For projects that benefit at least 100 students.
3. Club Minigrants (up to $100): For projects initiated by an extracurricular school club.

All student/parent/guardian applications must be reviewed and sponsored by a member of the Blair High School staff; they are the only individuals who are permitted to receive the minigrant funds on behalf of the project.  The staff member should be connected to the project activity or academic department.  In addition, before you decide to submit an application, we urge you to discuss your idea with your supervising administrator or one of the staff liaisons to the Minigrant Committee.  They may know of other non-PTSA funding.  PLEASE NOTE: Projects which already receive PTSA funding or are academically graded are not eligible.

The Minigrant Committee will review the applications and present recommendations at the December PTSA meeting.  In the case of competing grants (for two Large-Scale grants for the same grade from nonstaff applicants, for example, or for two very similar school-wide projects), the PTSA will evaluate them and award the grant to the project that best supports the PTSA’s mission (as stated here: http://www.pta.org/aboutpta/mission_en.asp).  The selection committee will give priority to projects that benefit students directly over those for school infrastructure improvements or those that may have alternate funding.  When submitting multiple applications by a single individual, please prioritize your requests in your project descriptions.

It is our sincere hope that the minigrants will enable you to fund some fun, enriching projects for Blair’s students that might not otherwise have been feasible.  If you have any questions, or suggestions about the way we administer these funds, or if you’d like to join the Minigrant Committee, please contact:

• Co-chairs: Gail Peck, Parent (301.587.1714, gpeck at peckstudios.net); Judith Arbacher, Parent (301.587.6020, r-jarbacher at erols.com).  We will need a new Co-chair next year — help out this year and consider co-chairing next year.
• Staff Liaisons: Lansing Freeman, Social Studies (301.649.2854, Lansing_C_Freeman at mcpsmd.org); Donna Franklin, School Financial Assistant (301.649.2824, Donna_M_Franklin at mcpsmd.org) and others welcome.
• Students: Current SGA PTSA Liaison and others welcome.

(Being on the selection committee is really fun – you’re giving money away! – and it involves just one meeting and fielding a few queries.  Please volunteer if you can, by contacting Gail Peck or Judith Arbacher ASAP.)

Be Creative. Please apply! It’s easy!

Past minigrant awardees include: Forensics Team, NSL department incentives, ESOL reading contest, science field trips, Diversity Workshop, French Honor Society, Blair beautification and grounds projects, InToNation CD Project, Music Literacy materials, Hip-Hop Club, Ceramics/Sculpture class materials, Chess Club, Character Development DVD series, AFI educational screenings, ESOL Field Trip, conference support, SGA events, banners, books for reading programs, and materials for special science demonstrations.

Para traduccion en español llamar a, 301-230-3073 (Hispanic Hotline Office),
desde las 8:00 a.m. a las 4:15 p.m. de Lunes a Viernes.
(Fax: 301-230-0685)

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Download - The Minigrant Flyer/Application

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